Tiltable bin



J y 21, 1953 L. A. PHILIPP 2,646,332

TILTABLE BIN Filed April 9, 1948 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. Law/amazf2 PHIL/PP Patented July 21,. 11953- ITILTABLE :BIN

Lawrence A. Philipp, Detroit, Mich., assignor to Nash-Kelvinator Corporation, Detroit, Mich., a

corporation of Maryland a V Applicationrlpril 9, 1948, Serial No. 19,910

This invention relates generally to refrigerating apparatus and more particularly to a refrigerator cabinet and tiltable storage bin therefor.

Fig. '7 is an enlarged, isometric view of a hinge pintle for the tiltable bin.

In the drawings, the refrigerating apparatus shown is of the household type having a cabinet, designated generally by the numeral 29. Preferably, the construction of the cabinet 20 includes a metal casing 22 and a metal liner 24. Interposed between the casing-22 and the liner 2 heat insulation 26 may be provided of any well known suitable type. The liner 24 forms the walls of a i.

"1 Claim. (Cl. 312 328) cooled storage space which in the p'res'entcon structionextends substantially from top to b'ottom'of the cabinet. An access door opening in the front of the cabinet may be closed by a suitable One of the objects of the present invention is door 28 which may be hinged, as at 30, to one to provide for a refrigerating apparatus, an imside of the cabinet. Around {:the door opening; proved arrangement of a tiltable storage bin and the spaced edges of the casing 22 andliner it may associated parts including a refrigerator cabinet. be covered by so-called breaker strips 32 which, Another object of theinvention is to provide an in addition to decreasing heat conductivity beimproved arrangement of hinging a tiltable bin tween the liner and the-casing, serve to give a in a refrigerator cabinet so as to facilitate asfinished appearance to. the cabinet. sembly and generally decrease costof refrigerator Within the cabinet 20, adjacent the top thereof, 1 m fa t p is a cooling element or refrigerant evaporator 3 Another object of the invention is toprovide which may be of any suitabletypeadapted 'to an improved arrangement of a tiltable storage cool the cabinet storage space. In the present bin and refrigerator cabinet which may be asconstruction, the refrigerant evaporator 36 eX- sembled by merely setting the bin in place in tends substantially entirely across the width of the cabinet and to provide against accidental disthe storage compartment and substantially from lodging of-the bin, r front to rear thereof; This evaporator 35 may be Anotherobjec t of the invention resides in the of the type having a storage space therein for effectiveness and economy of the provision of foods and ice trays, (not shown) and the front of stops for limiting outward tilting movement of the evaporator may be closed by a hinged door. 95. the bin. At the bottom of the refrigerator cabinet, the Further objects and advantages'of the present a rear wall thereof, is preferably inclined, as at invention will be apparent from the following de- 38, extending upwardly and rearwardly from the scription, reference being had to the accompanycabinet bottom wall to provide a machinery com- 7 ing drawings, wherein a preferred form of the partment M3 at the back ofthe cabinetwithin present invention is clearly show the confines of the cabinet walls.- A refrigerant In the drawings: condensing apparatus which may include a motor- Fig; 1 is a front view' of a refrigerator, partly 3o compressor unit 39 maybe suitably mounted in broken away to show the interior thereof; the machinery compartment 66 and be oper- Fig. 2 is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional atively connected to the evaporator 34 by supply view of the refrigerator, taken along the line 2-.2 and return lines (not shown), in the well known of Fig, 1; j manner. Lower side wall portions of the cabinet Fig.3 is a detailed sectional view of the re- 35 liner 24 together with the inclined, rearwall frigerator, taken alongthe line 3-3 of Fig. 2; liner 38 form a storage compartment fiiforward- Fig. 4 is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional 1y of the machinery compartment 49, and in the view of the refrigerator, taken along the line 44 compartment 42 I provide a tiltable bin, desigof Fig, 1 V nated generally by the numeral 44. Immediately Fig. 5 is a sectional'view of the refrigerator, 4!) above the bin M, a pair of laterally positioned taken along the line 5-5 of Fig. 4; containers 46 may be provided for the storage of Fig. 6 is a horizontal cross sectional viewof the resh vegetables and above these storage @0 refrigerator, taken substantially. along the line miners, the Cabinet y have a b r 0 helve 66 of Fig. 2, showing my storage bin in its for- 48 which may be arranged, as'shown, or may be ward tiIted position; and, arranged in any other suitable 'manner. The V containers 46 may be supported on slideways 41 secured to opposite sides of the liner 24 and to I an upright 49.

Thebin front 52may be of general rectangular 7 shape having inwardly extending reinforcing flanges including a top flange- 54, bottom flange 56 and end flanges 5B. As shown in Figs. 2 and 6, the bin 44 is a box-like structure having a bottom wall 60, side walls 62, a back wall 64 and the bin front wall or closure member 52. The bin front wall 52 may be provided with rearwardly extending flanges $6 to which the bin sides and bottom may be secured by rivets E3 or by any other suitable means.

In accordance with my invention, I hinge the bin 44 loosely on a pair of upstanding pintles it of a character and arrangement such that the bin may be assembled to the cabinet merely by setting the bin in place, loosely engaging over the pintles. The pintles it are rigidly secured to the bottom of the liner 24 by sheet metal screws 7 72 which may be screw-threaded into retainer plates 14 held against the bottom of the liner.

A suitable clip, such as the clip 16 shown in Fig. 5, may be used for holding the retainer plates 14 in place prior to application of the screws 32. There are preferably two and may be more of the pintles it; these pintles being spaced apart across the width of the cabinet on the lower edge of the door opening.

The pintles 18 may be made of sheet metal, each having a flat base portion l? to receive the screws 12 by means of which the pintle base portions may be secured flat against and to the lower edge of the door opening. Extending upwardly from the base l1, an intermediate pintle portion 88 extends preferably forwardly at a slight angle to the vertical and then reverses having a downwardly extending portion 82 extending at an angle and rearwardly toward the pintle base El. In the bottom edge of the bin front wall flange'fifi, apertures 79 are provided to receive the spaced pintl portions 36 to retain the tiltable bin in its desired position. Formed L out of each of the reversely bent pintle portions 82 is a stop 84 which I provide for the purpose of preventing accidental dislodging of the bin from the pintles. The stops B4 in the form of lugs extend inwardly and slightly downwardly for abutment of their lower ends with the lower edge of the bin front wall flange 5'6, as illustrated for example by dot and dash lines in Fig. 4. Carried by the liner side walls is a pair of oppositel disposed bumper type stop members 953 which are provided for limiting tilting movement of the bin in opposite directions. These bumper stops 96 may be made of rubber, as indicated in Fig. 3, and may be respectively secured to the liner sides by suitable screws and nuts 92. The stops 96 project into the compartment 42 in the path of the bin side flanges for engagement thereby to limit inwardly tilting movement of the bin. Outward tilting movement of the bin 44 is limited by engagement of stop 94 on the bin with the bumper stops 99. In order to provide the stops S4 economically, I form the bin back wall 64 with a reinforcing rib 96 which I extend entirely across the width of the bin and partway forwardly of 4 the bin sides, terminating the reinforcement in the forwardly facing, laterally disposed abutments or stops 94. These stopsss are arranged so that on forward tilting of the him they will engage the rubber bumper stops 96prior to en gagement of the bottom bin flange 5txwith the pintle stops 1B. The pintle stops '36 prevent accidental dislodgement of the bin from the pintles when, for example, the bin may be lifted at "the front thereof as it is being tilted back into the cabinet.

From the foregoing description, it will be understood that I have provided an improved pivoted arrangement of a tiltable bin and cabinet which facilitates assembly thereof since the bin need not be fixed by a hinge to the cabinet, but. instead may simply be set in place in the cabinet onto pintles. Also, it will be understood that I have provided a tiltable bin having the above mentioned assembly advantage without danger of the bin being accidentally dislodged fromxthe cabinet. In addition, I have economically Provided stops on the bin of a character which also serve to reinforce the bin.

Although only a preferred form of the invention has been illustrated, and that form described in detail, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention or from the scop of the appended claim. V

I claim:

A sheet metaltiltable bin mounting comprising, a base portion, a seat portion for the bin overlying and spaced above said base portion, a rounded fulcrum edge for the bin formed by bending the seat back over said base joining said base and seat portions together at the front of th mounting, an upstanding pintle formed out of said seat portion in the form of an inverted V having one leg joining said seat portion adjacent said fulcrum and the other leg extending downwardly and rearwardly of said seat portion and a downwardly directed stop member formed out of said other leg extending rearwardly and downwardly to limit tilting of the bin.

LAWRENCE A. PI-IILIPP.

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